1992 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Edition number - 37

Date - May 9, 1992

Host broadcaster - SVT, Sweden

Host city - Malmö

Venue - Malmö Isstadion

Hosts - Lydia Capolicchio / Harald Treutiger

Director - Kåge Gimtell

Producer - Kåge Gimtell assisted by Anders Aldgård / Martin Cronström / Marianne Gustafsson / Hillevi Hennix / Anneli Högberg / Ann-Christine Ingemarsson / Pär Nordahl

Stage designer - Göran Arfs

Executive producer - Ingvar Ernblad

Musical director - Anders Berglund

Orchestra - freelance orchestra

Concertmaster - Milos Kalla

Opening sequence - Malmöflickorna performing a ribbon dance to 'Fångad av en stormvind', followed by Carola Häggkvist singing 'All The Reasons To Live' (Richard Hampton - Stephan Berg / arr. Stephan Berg)

Interval act - 'A Century Of Dance' featuring David Johnson / Teresa Ibrahim / Crazy Feet / Trelleborgs Dansorkester / Dancers from Nöjesteatern / Gammeldansarna

Scrutineer - Frank Naef

Number of entries - 23

Winning entry - 'Why Me?' Linda Martin

Winning songwriter - Johnny Logan (Seán Sherrard)

Winning orchestrator - Frank McNamara

Winning conductor - Noel Kelehan

Note - Switzerland withdrew the winner of its pre-selection, 'Soleil, soleil' by Géraldine Olivier due to the fact that this song had been submitted to the German-speaking as well as the French-speaking branch of Swiss television - an infringement of the country's Eurovision regulations. As a result, Switzerland was represented by the runner-up of its selection, 'Mister Music Man'. The disqualified song is given as a withdrawn entry at the bottom of the results' list below.

Anders Berglund, musical director of the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö

RESULT

1st place (155 votes)

IRELAND

Song title – “Why Me?”

Rendition – Linda Martin

Lyrics – Johnny Logan (Seán Sherrard)

Composition – Johnny Logan (Seán Sherrard)

Studio arrangement – Frank McNamara

Live orchestration – Frank McNamara

Conductor – Noel Kelehan

2nd place (139 votes)

UNITED KINGDOM

Song title – "One Step Out Of Time"

Rendition – Michael Ball

Lyrics – Paul Davies / Tony Ryan / Victor Stratton

Composition – Paul Davies / Tony Ryan / Victor Stratton

Studio arrangement – Mike Smith

Live orchestration – David Arch

Conductor – Ronnie Hazlehurst

3rd place (123 votes)

MALTA

Song title – "Little Child"

Rendition – Mary Spiteri

Lyrics – Raymond Mahoney

Composition – Georgina Abela / Paul Abela

Studio arrangement – Paul Abela / Vince Tempera

Live orchestration – Paul Abela

Conductor – Paul Abela

4th place (111 votes)

ITALY

Song title – "Rapsodia"

Rendition – Mia Martini 

Lyrics – Giancarlo Bigazzi

Composition – Giuseppe Dati

Studio arrangement – Marco Falagiani

Live orchestration – Marco Falagiani

Conductor – Marco Falagiani

5th place (94 votes)

GREECE

Song title – "Olou tou cosmou i elpida"

Rendition – Cleopatra Pantazi

Lyrics – Christos Lagos

Composition – Christos Lagos

Studio arrangement – Charis Andreadis

Live orchestration – Charis Andreadis

Conductor – Charis Andreadis

6th place (85 votes)

ISRAEL

Song title – “Ze rak sport”

Rendition – Dafna Dekel

Lyrics – Ehud Manor

Composition – Kobi Oshrat

Studio arrangement – Kobi Oshrat

Live orchestration – Kobi Oshrat

Conductor – Kobi Oshrat

7th place (80 votes)

ICELAND

Song title – “Nei eða já”

Rendition – Heart 2 Heart (Sigrún Eva Ármansdóttir / Johan Asmundsson / Sigriður Beinteinsdóttir / Haliðor Hauksson / Friðrik Karlsson / Gretar Örvarsson)

Lyrics – Stefán Hilmarsson

Composition – Friðrik Karlsson / Grétar Örvarsson

Studio arrangement –  Friðrik Karlsson / Grétar Örvarsson / Jon Kjell Seljeseth / Nigel Wright

Live orchestration – Nigel Wright

Conductor – Nigel Wright

8th place (73 votes)

FRANCE

Song title – “Monté la riviè”

Rendition – Kali (Jean-Marc Monnerville)

Lyrics – Rémi Bellenchombre

Composition – Kali (Jean-Marc Monnerville)

Studio arrangement – Magdi Vasco Noverraz

Live orchestration – Magdi Vasco Noverraz

Conductor – Magdi Vasco Noverraz

9th place (67 votes)

NETHERLANDS

Song title – "Wijs me de weg"

Rendition – Humphrey Campbell

Lyrics – Edwin Schimscheimer

Composition – Edwin Schimscheimer

Studio arrangement – Edwin Schimscheimer

Live orchestration – Edwin Schimscheimer

Conductor – Harry van Hoof

10th place (63 votes)

AUSTRIA

Song title – "Zusammen geh’n"

Rendition – Tony Wegas 

Lyrics – Joachim Horn-Bernges

Composition – Dieter Bohlen

Studio arrangement – Dieter Bohlen / Leon Ives

Live orchestration – Leon Ives

Conductor – Leon Ives

11th place (57 votes)

CYPRUS

Song title – “Teriazoume”

Rendition – Evridiki Theoclous

Lyrics – George Theophanous / Leonidas Malenis

Composition – George Theophanous

Studio arrangement – George Theophanous

Live orchestration – George Theophanous

Conductor – George Theophanous

12th place (47 votes)

DENMARK

Song title – "Alt det som ingen ser"

Rendition – Lotte Nilsson & Kenny Lübcke

Lyrics – Carsten Warming

Composition – Carsten Warming

Studio arrangement – Ivan Pedersen

Live orchestration – Henrik Krogsgaard

Conductor – Henrik Krogsgaard

13th place (44 votes)

YUGOSLAVIA

Song title – "Ljubim te pesmama"

Rendition – Extra Nena 

Lyrics – Gale Janković

Composition – Radivoje Radivojević

Studio arrangement – Slobodan Marković 

(Veliki Revijski Orkestar conducted by Zvonimir Skerl)

Live orchestration – Slobodan Marković

(orchestra in Yugoslavian national final conducted by Zvonimir Skerl)

Conductor – Anders Berglund (MD)

14th place (37 votes)

SPAIN

Song title – “Todo esto es la música”

Rendition – Serafín Zubiri

Lyrics – Luis Miguélez

Composition – Luis Miguélez / Alfredo Valbuena

Studio arrangement – Javier Losada

Live orchestration – Javier Losada

Conductor – Javier Losada

15th place (32 votes)

SWITZERLAND

Song title – “Mister Music Man”

Rendition – Daisy Auvray

Lyrics – Gordon Dent

Composition – Gordon Dent

Studio arrangement (demo) – unknown (probably Gordon Dent)

Live orchestration – Roby Seidel

Conductor – Roby Seidel

16th place (27 votes)

UNITED GERMANY

Song title – "Träume sind für alle da"

Rendition – Wind (Oliver Hahn / Tina Hierstetter / Sami Kalifa / Stefan Marò / Albert Oberloher / Petra Scheeser)

Lyrics – Bernd Meinunger

Composition – Ralph Siegel

Studio arrangement – Ralph Siegel / Andy Slavik 

Live orchestration – Norbert Daum

Conductor – Norbert Daum

17th place (26 votes)

PORTUGAL

Song title – “Amor d’água fresca”

Rendition – Dina (Ondina Veloso)

Lyrics – Rosa Lobato de Faria

Composition – Ondina Veloso

Studio arrangement – Luís Filipe / Ondina Veloso

Live orchestration – Carlos Alberto Moniz

Conductor – Carlos Alberto Moniz

18th place (23 votes)

NORWAY

Song title – “Visjoner”

Rendition – Merethe Trøan

Lyrics – Eva S. Jansen

Composition – Robert Morley

Studio arrangement – Robert Morley / Rolf Løvland

Live orchestration – Rolf Løvland

Conductor – Rolf Løvland

19th place (17 votes)

TURKEY

Song title – “Yaz bitti”

Rendition – Aylin Vatankoş

Lyrics – Aylin Üçanlar

Composition – Aldoğan Şimşekyay

Studio arrangement – Aydın Özarı

Live orchestration – Aydın Özarı

Conductor – Aydın Özarı

20th place (11 votes)

BELGIUM

Song title – "Nous on veut des violons"

Rendition – Morgane (Ingrid Simonis) 

Lyrics – Anne-Marie Gaspard

Composition – Claude Barzotti

Studio arrangement – Bernard Estardy

Live orchestration – Frank Fievez

Conductor – Frank Fievez

21st place (10 votes)

LUXEMBOURG

Song title – "Sou fräi"

Rendition – Marion Welter & Kontinent (Ab van Goor / Patrick Hartert / Romain Heck / Änder Hirt / Gordon Smith)

Lyrics – Ab van Goor / Jang Linster

Composition – Ab van Goor / Jang Linster

Studio arrangement – Ab van Goor / Christian Jacob

Live orchestration – Christian Jacob

Conductor – Christian Jacob

22nd place (9 votes)

SWEDEN

Song title – "I morgon är en annan dag"

Rendition – Christer Björkman

Lyrics – Niklas Strömstedt

Composition – Niklas Strömstedt

Studio arrangement – Ulf Janson / Niklas Strömstedt

Live orchestration – Ulf Janson

Conductor – Anders Berglund (MD)

23rd place (4 votes)

FINLAND

Song title – "Yamma yamma"

Rendition – Pave Maijanen

Lyrics – Hector (Heikki Haarmaa)

Composition – Pave Maijanen

Studio arrangement – Pave Maijanen 

Live orchestration – Olli Ahvenlahti

Conductor – Olli Ahvenlahti

Withdrawn entry

SWITZERLAND

Song title – "Soleil, soleil"

Rendition – Géraldine Olivier

Lyrics – Géraldine Olivier

Composition – Peter-Jörg Wassermann

Studio arrangement – Peter-Jörg Wassermann / Egon Egemann

Live orchestration – unknown (probably Egon Egemann)

Conductor – Egon Egemann